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testimony, the city council walked into questions about his travel spending. >> the truth, whole truth, nothing but the truth. >> i do. >> the udc president testified under oath that he needs to fly first class because of his circulatory problem and d.c. city council member didn't buy it. >> there is bulkhead seat negligent coach area, there is business class and there are other accommodations and exit roads. >> yes. >> and when i travel, i like leg room, too. i understand there are amendments you can take as well and economy class travel. that is not a valid excuse for me. >> reporter: d.c. council member murrayual bower is wanted an explanation why udc spent $8,000 flying the president sessum to egypt. >> may not have been the best price, it was a last-minute thing because the egyptians insist they would come. >> who insist thawed go?
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>> my colleagues in egypt. >> how can they insist you that go? what happens if you don't go? >> it's not clear how well the program would have been doing. the problem is we're required to go to keep the program accredited twice a year, and the president is supposed to go once a year to ensure the program and its evolution is benefitting the university. >> reporter: the chairman of udcs board of trustees testified the board is ultimately responsible for approving the president's travel and announced the board ordered an internal audit. >> the internal auditor reports to two people, the president and chair of the audit committee. >> the auditor reports to you? >> and the whitewater of the audit committee -- of the audit committee. >> yes. >> where is there is their office? >> in the administration building in the university. >> where exactly? >> a couple of doors -- in the executive sweet, a couple of doors from my office, next to
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the goesel's office. -- the general couple's office. >> so mr. askew, the internal odd sit done by someone who reports to the president? >> again, the internal audit is being conducted by someone that was hired by the president of the university, but i can tell you that we have good faith in her ability to conduct an independent audit. >> reporter: d.c. couple chairman kwame brown said the city needed an independent auditor. >> the president called you up here and to throw you underneath the bus. >> reporter: after one udc staffer after another couldn't explain why the university can't find the paperwork for an estimated $1 million in travel expenses for sessums and other employees. >> it pain police to have to sit here and ask these questions because you haven't given us responses. that is what is the most painful part of this.
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it's our job to ask the question and get the information and for someone to accept some sort of responsibility. >> udcs board of trustees did promise to have that internal audit finished by the end of the month, and shawn, they did motion if they do find that there may have been inappropriate travel, they do expect to ask president sessums to pay back some of that meany if they find that that is necessary and that something went wrong. >> at this point, it's up to the board what happens to sessum, right? >> very much so. the board is ultimately responsible for hiring them and they're responsible for his fate. that being said, the chairman said something interesting today saying there are seven voluntary members of the board, she one of the members and for two years, udc has been waiting for the mayor to appoint eight vacant seats and said they're overwhelmed. >> i understand that something else came up. city council confirmed something, they were unhappy about bonuses paid at udc?
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what is this about? >> we heard about this and didn't confirm it until today. udcs president said he paid out more than $800,000 in bonuses and this is a big deal for city council. he was not allowed to pay out bonuses and contends he paid them for bonuses for work done in fiscal year 2009. why is that important? city council pointed out he made the payments in 2010 and 2011. >> what is next? what is next is tomorrow we're going to go to a board of trustees meeting that was previously scheduled and they meet on a regular basis. we're going to see what they have to say and just like you, we're very interested in what happens in the next few days and we want to remind tokes, we keep -- folks, we keep extending an invitation to the president of the university, you heard him testify before other people, he had a press conference and as always, we're ready to talk to him here and we want to hear what he has to say. >> he has a lot of explaining to do to a lot of people.
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>> yeah. >> tisha thompson, great story. keep on going, we know you'll find more for us. the story began with a tip of from one of you out there. if you have something to have us investigate g to www.myfoxdc.com and click on news tips. that is on the top right-hand corner and call the tip line at (202)895-3140. we're following breaking news out of d.c. police department. mpd is announcing more arrests of its own officers from an investigation of stolen merchandise. wisdom martin is live with the details on this story wisdom? >> reporter: at 3:00 p.m. today, three metropolitan police department officers from the fourth district were arrested here, the charge attempting to receive stolen property. chief cathy lanier said this is part of a two-month ongoing undercover operation by internal affairs and said they were operating independently when they tried to purchase
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stolen electronic goods and the officers were on duty at the time, according to the chief lanier, the names of the officers, guillermo ortiz, sighfullest rebonilla, fernandez and all were with the department for less than 10 years. this is chief cathy lanier. >> being proactive about crime fighting includes everybody and nobody is going to be allowed to commit crimes and get away with it. in fact, it's more important to us if we believe that police officers are involved in this. you look at the faces of the hardworking police officers that come in every day and do their job with integrity, they're devastated, devastated. >> reporter: this comes on the heels of yesterday when the fourth district officer jennifer green was arrested here at 4d for the same charge receiving stolen property and all officers were put on administrative leave, suspended, rather, with pay, pending the outcome of an investigation. chief lanier said, again, that they're devastated by what happened and we'll have more on the story tonight at 6.
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>> thank you very much, wisdom martin. and we have our eyes on the radar tonight. a big storm system is heading our way. >> it is. gary mcgrady is in the weather center to give us goods on this. how soon will we be here and what are we talking about? >> do you remember sunday? >> yes. >> and that is what we're going to deal, looks like thursday. >> all right. >> okay. >> and to the west, you can see it here. lots of severe weather this evening in places that received severe weather this past weekend. the strong storms northeast texas right now and more strong severe thunderstorms in parts of louisiana. the tornado watches down there and that is getting organized, coming in our direction. therefore, the flood watch has been posted and we're concerned about swollen rivers and streams and some places could have as much as three inches of rain before this is said and done and everyone got almost two inches of rain with the
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past storm this weekend and we're going to have problems, it looks like, potential problems and that looks like it's in here tomorrow night and with us all day thursday and into thursday night. more details complete forecast and the first look at the forecast in just a bit. >> thank you. a new report criticizes pepco's plan to improve reliability, costing the utilities 5-year, $250 million plan, a ready, shoot, aim approach. >> the study comes amid a investigation of regulators and pepco's poor performance. sherri ly has more on this. >> reporter: according to this report, pepco failed to adequately invest in maintenance after hurricane isabel in 2004, and the system continued to deteriorate. the study said that pepco is taking a piecemeal approach to fix the problem with no proof that it will work. all around, pepco crews are trimming trees. the utility time outing the $250 million reliability improvement plan and a campaign
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promising to do better. >> this really wasn't a plan, this was slapped together quickly to appease the maryland public service commission, the public and political figures in the state. >> reporter: a detailed study new questions whether pepco can get the job done and calling the utility's improvement plan cobbled together and poorly targeted. >> we know we're not meeting the expectations for our customers and no one in the building is satisfied with what is take place and we're working hard every day to continue to make reliability the first priority. >> reporter: pepco ranks as the bottom in the nation for day-to- day reliability and the performance is bud question by regulators in maryland and d.c. and in this northwest neighborhood, the home owners lost partial power for several hours with no storm to blame. >> for me, i lost internet access and vick rewired to make it work and that would have take know a few hours to get it done and some people, because half of your house fell. >> reporter: the study recommends putting more fames is on tree trimming.
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yet, pepco's day-to-day reliability issues are more often caused by equipment failures. >> they're big failing is on that sunny day, the system doesn't operate and that has nothing to do with trees in my judgement. >> reporter: maryland lawmakers are considering legislation to require pepco rang in the top -- rank in the top for reliability or face penalties. >> we're asking to consider taking it off. if the idea is to move into the top, there is expenditures that go along with. that. >> reporter: pepco's plan will take some five years and some question whether customers can wait. the report did find pepco's system was well-designed and robustly designed, but it's still vulnerable to damage. the roof causes of pepco's problems are the stage same this year as last year and will be next year. laura,. >> sherri ly, thank you. it was an arrest 14 years in the making. the accused east coast rapist
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taken into custody on friday. aaron thomas faced the judge in connecticut yesterday and is accused in 17 rapes in virginia and other states date back to 1997. authorities finally tracked him down in new haven, connecticut, last week and they hope to convict him based on dna from a discarded cigarette butt and that doesn't end there. police up and down the east coast are trying to find out if he's possibly responsible for even more attacks. joining us on now with more on the criminal's case is the criminal profiler, pat brown and that much for joining us. appreciate your insight on this. investigators said aaron thomas talked about uncontrollable urges when they arrested him. given that and his comment when arrested on friday, he said to investigators what took you so long when they arrested him. what does that tell but this guy? was he tired and he wanted to be caught? >> not at all. first of all, he didn't have uncontrollable urges and planned the attacks carefully. he wanted to do them them and they were enjoyable to them and
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that is not going to happen. secondly, it took them so long because it's difficult to catch the serial rapists and the dna and the tips coming in with what did that and he is mocking the police, really, saying look how long it took you. >> and what took you so long is the slightly arrogant statement. >> absolutely. >> and by some accounts, he was a mild and weak man. that was reported today. what is your take on what this guy's like? >> sometimes when the police catch up, they go wow, we expected this big huge ugly creature or vicious person to come after us. most of the time, we'll find serial rapist and killers are not that bad looking and which is why they can commit their trim crimes. they're weak people and pick weaker people like little girls in the bushes. how much does it take to do that? >> they linked him to 12 rapes and other attacks. remind us, pat, how accurate are the dna tests and based on your experience, how likely is
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that that this key guy will be convictd? >> he's going to be convicted. one of the advantages, we have a guy here who didn't use a condom in his rape and left dna all over the place until recently. if they're looking for other crimes he committed, this is going to help and he probably left dna in every one of his crimes. >> and talking about the other crimes, police say the attacks started in 1997, and there are holes in the timeline and you think that he committed other crimes, correct? >> that is likely, although sometimes they will take time off when they get a new girlfriend, they will take a couple of years down or get worried the police are coming after them in a particular area, they may stop for awhile. he may have other crimes out there, and i know they'll be looking at every place he has worked or visited or lived. >> pat brown, thank you very much for your expertise on this. no problem, laura. a new twist as the crisis in libya unfolds. is ghadafi ready to make a deal? the rumors are swelling as rumors continue to gain ground.
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andile chicago, never- before-seen video emerging 10 years after 9/11. we'll show you. 
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>> take a look at this. nearly 10 years after the september 11th attacks, new images are emerges from that thible day. this video is captured by an nypd helicopter flying near the world trade center. these are the only images from above showing smoke coming from the twin towers. only police helicopters were able to enter the space near
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that building on that day. the video was released by the national institute of standards and technology last week under a freedom of information act request. is moa mar ghadafi trying to negotiate his exit from libya in that is the word from libyan rebels. and battles there are causing pain at the gas pump here in the u.s. tom fitzgerald is in the huesroom. go ahead he be on the way out? >> reporter: libya state-run media is denying the reports that he offered to step down in offer for a safe exit and immunity from prosecution; however, on the other side, the rebels set their own deadline and telling him he has 72 hours to relinquish power. in triply's green square, pro- government crowds are singing ghadafi's praises and outside of tripoli, rebel forces are digging in for a long fight,
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manning antiaircraft guns, hoisting rockets and stocking up on ammo. >> we'll provide him with the full range offing ons. >> reporter: the defense secretary robert gates said president obama along with the u.n. and nato are still debating whether or not to put a no fly zone in over libya. >> we'll provide him with our judgement as to that likelihood of success and what the consequences might be. >> reporter: and some consequences are being felt. the u.s. oil prices have shot up causing gas prices to go to $3.89 a gallon according to a aaa survey. >> and there is no immediate sign on the horizon this thagas prices will drop soon, and that is because of the tension in the middle east and north africa. >> reporter: the white house is considering dip into this nation's strategic oil reserves to lessen the impact of rising prices. >>. that is an option we're considering and there are a number of factors that go into it. >> reporter: analysts said
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rather than dip into reserves, production could be increased to meet demands. >> the global production can compensate for taking libya offline like that global oil consumption compensated when iraq went offline. >> reporter: fueling the unknowns is whether the uprisings in tunisia, libya and other places will spread to other larger oil companies like saudi arabia. and in brussels, belgium, nato is set to take up the question of establishing a no-fly zone over libya and some european countries have a vast interest in this and in this situation, many bracing for what could be a flood of refugees out of libya trying to get to a safe location. >> all right, tom fitzgerald, thank you. and the rain is coming. >> you got your boat and paddle ready? >> and what is going to happen tonight? >> not going to be good. hasn't been a bad day. >> and that is beautiful with
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some limited sunshine this afternoon and all things considered, winter winter chicken dinner on this one. i can't believe i said that and this is true view showing you what the rain is. tom is laughing at me and that is a lot of rain in this particular storm and that is kind of getting its act together and evolving. a lot of severe weather this afternoon to the south and i just checked. there are a couple of hail reports in texas and through parts of louisiana and in mississippi. hopefully they're not going to see tornados or anything like that, even though some of those could happen later on this evening and that is hopefully a minimal threat this evening and that is some rain in our contradiction and is moving in tomorrow afternoon and tomorrow evening. 49 right now, backed off the 50 degrees we were earlier. dulles is 50 degrees and fredericksburg right now, 54 and frederick at 52 and there is some sunshine this
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afternoon, and poking on through and helping keep the temperatures up. mostly cloudy and winds out of the east at 5 and temperatures drop into this lower 40s. how much rain are we going to get and expect? that is coming up in the forecast. >> and we'll look forward to that, i guess. well, here's something a loot of folks are enjoying, fat tuesday. that means carnival time is in overdrive and today's festivities began with the zulu parade at sunrise and with a non-stop series of elaborate parades and costume balls and plenty of partying. there appears to be more people letting loose because the celebration coincides with spring break. >> and i haven't lied, i have never been to that. >> and i was looking there to see if my son is in the crowd. he better be safe, all i know. [ laughter ] >> and you need me to hang out with you and console with you this weekend? >> yeah. >> and think you're spending too much time in traffic?
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you're right. how long is it taking you to get in to work on rush hour. a new study breaking down the timing next. and it's an all-out blitz on virginia roads, what drivers are being asked to report if they see something like this. we'll explain. 's rig
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>> daily commuters can confirm this study. the d.c. area near the top of the list for the worst traffic in the country. we came in fourth this year with l.a., new york, and chicago reporting more crowded roads than we have, according to the national traffic scoreboard. the worst time to be on the roads? in the district and that is on thursday to freeway 45:00 p.m. i-95 southbound to 395 russell road and on offpeak times, it takes 23 minutes to travel the 24-miles and on fridays at 4:00 p.m., you will need 86 minutes to make that trip.
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get ready for the pothole blitz. the virginia department of transportation will patch and plug thousands of craters like this one on roads all over the state, repairing more than 161,000 during last year's blitz. the governor is urging motorists to report the location of potholes to d-dot to be added to the list. >> and maybe d.c. and maryland can be there. >> wouldn't that be nice? >> yeah. >> maryland wants the attention of distracted drivers. find out how lawmakers plan to close a loophole in the state's texting ban. and the d.c. councilman at the center of a luxury suv scandal gets a new ride. wait until you see what kwame brown is driving now. and a local student expelled from school for having a weapon and why he said it was nothing more than a harmless tool. 
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>> a 15-year-old sophomore has
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been expelled from his prince georges county high school for possessing a weapon. that win -- weapon? a homemade tattoo machine and john henrehan is here with more. >> reporter: the student code of prince georges county schools said that any tool or instrument capable of inflicting bodily harm can be defined as a weapon. we found a teen who has been out of school for 3 months for carrying around a tattoo machine. since early december, 15-year- old byron preston has been reporting to work rather than presenting -- reporting to school. every day, he cleans up and helps set up his father's barber shop and jail salon in georgia avenue in d.c. he used to be a sophomore and in early december, another student at the school gave him a homemade tool known on the internet as a tattoo gun, basically a tattoo machine. he wanted to practice on fruit and administrators ground greatly on a student possessing
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the device device. >> and they said it was a weapon and to conflict bodily harm. >> meaning a tattoo. did you tattoo anyone? >> nope. i didn't have it. to work it, you have to plug it up and the chord is like this long. so, it's not like i can come up and stab them with it. >> reporter: the so-called tattoo gun was made at the school by the other student during an independent study period in a science classroom. the science teacher told investigators he was told it was a wood-carving tool and expulsion was recommended on the grounds that byron was in possession of a weapon. byron's father thinks that conclusion about a tool is preposterous. >> it has the word gun, so like i was telling him, staple gun, water gun, glue gun, if you're going to say gun, then, you know, i am puzzled with how
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this thing is automatic expulsion. >> reporter: they have appealed the expulsion and were told by phone they have one, but the paperwork admitting preadmission has not arrived and byron has been out of school for three full months. as spokeswoman for prince georges county public schools point out the school board has begun a process of re-examining the conduct code. speedier outcomes in the case expulsions is a priority issue and she said. the spokeswoman couldn't talk about the case of byron preston saying such comments would violate the county's privacy policy. byron is still out of school. shawn? >> thank you. and maryland is preparing to get even -- with distracted drivers. the state senate passed a bill making it illegal to read an e- mail or message while driving. they will need to agree on one version of this and then the governor will veto or sign the bill into legislation. maryland already has a no typing law forbidding texting
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while driving. the fine for that is $500. from luxury suvs to a mail truck. the city council chairman brown is sporting new wheels here and take a look. he joins fox 5 to discuss a council oversight hearing with the udc president and the couple chair drove to the station in this black 1983 u.s. mail truck. as you know, brown was at the center of a controversy last month over not one but two taxpayer-funded lincoln navigators and has had this truck since 1992. >> had it for awhile and campaigned in it. you opened the doors and get to talk to people. the students and kids love it and i don't see trucks like this often. >> do you love it? >> he doesn't realize how much they cost and would reimburse the city for his share of the use of the vehicles. new recommending as to fight one of the biggest health crises facing the district. mayor vincent gray opened his mayor's convention on hiv and
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aid. the commission will focus on treatments, the needs of people living with hiv and aids and prevention to stop intension. >> i think we all know that the rate of infection in the city is about 3%, which is 300% higher than a national average. and, frankly, it's estimated in some areas of the city that that could be as high as 7% which, is absolutely extraordinary. and so, this is an effort, really, to try to stem the tide. >> mayor gray's meeting following a report critical of the district's effort to fight hiv and aids. a report card by the advocacy group d.c. center for law and justice said this is the first time since 2005 there is such back sliding on tracking the district's hiv/aids rate and point to three key issues where the city needs to improve in gathering and tracking data, managing grants and a needle exchange program. chris aldridge, the director of aids prevention joins us now. thank you for being here. >> thank you very much, i'm glad to be here. >> reporter: and after hearing
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this new report card what, do you think of the assessment of how d.c.'s doing? >> reporter: well, i think that the reports have always been very fair and thorough in terse of how they look at the hiv epidemic within d.c., i think it's important to focus on areas where the report continues to show progress or where it shows the district is maintaining the progress that is made, areas like h -- hiv testing, working with incourse rates testing and youth. we should point out that most of the grades were amb and those who have seen it say that we need to be getting all as to fight this battle correctly. >> that is -- that is true. i think we want to continue to see progress made in this particular area, particularly with 3% of the district's population infected with hiv. >> we heard mayor gray said say the number one priority is aids and dealing -- dealing with the epidemic in the district and said some of the priorities for the commission are treatment, the means of people living with hiv and aid and prevention to
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stop infection. is this a move in the right direction? >> i think it's a move in the right direction and the mayor is showing great leadership by bringing, you know, having to do the hie/aid commission and i think -- the hiv/aids commission. i think he's taking steps that to make sure we move forward and in the areas where we slipped and we can pick those back up and continue to move forward again. >> and speaking of the areas where the apple seed report was critical, a few weeks ago, the city's leading provider of clean needles had to close the doors in the district due to lack of funding. if we can't find money for those programs, how do we continually make process fighting the aids epidemic in the district? >> i think there is going to be other programs and areas where we will make progress, i think the closing of prevention works is highly concerning, particularly because it reaches a very vulnerable population, individuals who use intravenous drugs and that is very concerning. we would not want to see rates of hiv infection go up among the individuals again. >> definitely not. i think of this as something we
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need to jump on board to help prevent. chris auld rim, the director of hiv prevention in the district, thank you very much for joining us. >> thank you. it was a celebration that turned tragic in an instant. next, hundreds say goodbye to a high school player whose sudden death shocked the nation. n i thought i parked on level 2. or maybe 8? my "me time" is when there's a 10% chance of rain!
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>> hundreds of people gathered to say goodbye to the michigan high school basketball player who suddenly collapsed on the court and died. 16-year-old wes died moments after scoring the game-winning shot during last thursday's game. dozens of fellow students and teammates attended his service today and there were many baskets of orange flowers, which is the color. an autopsy showed he died from cardiac arrest due to an inlarged heart. the university of notre dame decided to ban the use of hide ballic lifts from -- to film football practices. the move comes from more than
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four months after a student plunged to his death. the 20-year-old was on the hydraulic list, videotaped in football practice when it toppled over in 50 miles per hour winds. the school will instead now use a four-camera remote video system that will be placed on top of 50-foot poles. women in the military are getting divorced at alarming rates. what is causing the surge and could this lead to bigger problems down the road? we'll go inside the numbers next. and skies are clear now. the rain, lots of it is on the way. gary's back to tell us what we can expect. we'll be right back. e
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>> twice as likely to divorce. that is the sad reality for women in the military. the pin reports nearly 7% of female service members got divorced last year. >> compared to 3% of military men. for the women, divorce can cause a ripple effect for other
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problems down the road and allison seymour has more. >> reporter: army staff sergeant robin duncan chase only knows firsthand the problem plaguing an increasing number of women in the military. females in uniform are getting divorced at double the rate of their male counterparts. for enlisted women, the rate is up to three times as high. and that is -- it's unclear why they're to end but duncan chase only said balancing life in a uniform and out takes a toll. >> it takes a special person to understand what that entails. you're with someone who is not with that type of setting and it can be difficult for them. >> reporter: her marriage began to unravel while deployed to iraq last year. adding more strain to being in the war zone. as she worried about losing custody of her teen son and her home. >> i was able to smile but people didn't know inside i had a lot of, you know, turmoil
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that needed to have resolved. things needed to bring closure too to. >> the military services have programs to help married couples but veterans advocates wonder whether enough is being done across gender lines to help men prepare at home while their wives are away. >> i think that stress of a woman coming home with that type of stuff and the man having no real training saying hey, this is what it might be like when your wife gets back and that is just a recipe for disaster, for lack of a better word. >> reporter: and there is the impact of being a single mom in the military, not an easy job with the child in high school. >> and that is hard. i'm a tough kid to deal, you know. i'm not a good, not a happy camper all the time. >> reporter: sergeant morton's not divorced but is raising her son alone, making for a head- spinning transition when she got back from iraq.
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>> we got off the bus one day and the next day, i jumped back into mommy mode and i had to put my son sayingky do this and that. >> reporter: a d.c. national guard colleague said that being a mom, single or otherwise, may be a benefit in the military, especially in the war zone. >> they mentally are a little more prepared to deal with a lot of stress because they have been through stresses through their child being sick and things of that nature, and than that of one who has never been a mother. >> reporter: the military has more single moms than dads. an estimated 30,000 have deployed in support of the two wars. allison seymour, fox 5 news. >> and we're still stuck. >> yeah. >> and that is in that show. about 40 minutes ago. >> and that -- . >> like that rain. >> yeah. >> memorable. >> and today was memorable. >> it was a good day. and we go downhill from here. >> okay. >> the thought is we have some rain coming and can we have a
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nice weekend? >> the skies -- . >> yes. it's always about the weekend. >> right. it's always about the weekend. the clouds are coming across, laura mentioned. limited amounts of sun and look, look, it's 5:47, the nice sunshine out there and the sun's not going to set until after 6:00 this evening and enjoy what glimmer of sun there is left. because we may get a ray of sunshine here and there tomorrow. before it goes away for awhile and at least until probably friday and friday afternoon. and 49 here in town; 50 for dulles. the temperatures are not pa that big of an issue. 37 to the north and 46 to new york city. this is going to be like the last one that moved through here and on sunday. brought all of that rain and into sunday morning. even some snow around monday morning. i don't think that we're going to have that and we'll deal with a lot of rain coming out and that severe weather this
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evening through louisiana and check the storm reports here in northeastern texas, hail reports this evening and hopefully, keep the fingers crossed that there is not anymore tornado damage. can i see looking at the radar picture, there are some rotating thunderstorms. the high pressure just enough for us along the east coast and kind of keeps that back up to the west of us and there is some dry air in place. officially -- initially as this comes on in, overnight tonight, the first part of tomorrow. a lot of it will be gobbled up by the dry air initially and this is tomorrow morning at 8:00 a.m. and notice that parts of western maryland at this -- and this may start off as a bit of wet snow out there and maybe even as far east as washington county and hagerstown, you can be on the edge of this early, early tomorrow morning and when it comes across, i think everyone turns into rain and that is back along i-81 by 5:00 and we'll have some showers here. die think that is going to be a
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wet commute tomorrow morning? no and do i think it's wet tomorrow evening? be ready for the showers tomorrow. thursday morning, we stay wet and definitely a wet commute on thursday morning. some pockets of moderate rain and then we stay wet. and yucky all day on thursday and on thursday, the temperatures will come up and we'll be in the lower 60s on thursday and on thursday night, looks like the heaviest is moving across and this is 11:00 and we're seeing reds in here and we'll watch that closely and there is goes to be strong winds from the south and that could initiate a thunderstorm or two and that is on thursday evening into early, early friday morning and as that area of low pressure and the frontal system and that lifting comes on across and we know there is going to be heavy rain. the flood watch is issued tomorrow evening into thursday evening and thursday night as well and that looks like it was
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going to be a very wet thursday around here. i want to show you how much rain we're expecting and there is some wiggle room where the heaviest of the rain is going to be. notice all up and down i-95 from central p.a. through washington, virginia, and into central north carolina, this is where our guidance is suggesting the heaviest of the rain and we're thinking here, this is a, albeit, a bit of a conservative estimate right now, 1 to two inches of additional rain but plus, we could have some pockets out there, three inches of rain before that is said and done. mostly cloudy tonight. the temperatures into the low 30s for the suburbs and a look at tomorrow. we may get a glimpse of the sun and not much. and some showers by the afternoon. and high temperatures tomorrow for everybody and into that upper 40s to 50 degrees or so and if you want to, skip ahead to saturday and sunday. >> all right. >> if you would like to do that. if not, to concentrate on more rain, look at thursday.
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mild on thursday and real rainy, maybe even a scattered thunderstoat afternoon and evening. >> and you know -- to look at the rain though? it's helping us turn green and prepare for spring. >> that's right. >> and three inches at a time. that is a lot to take. >> come on. >> one-2. >> and that is downing -- drowning my flowers. >> i was trying to keep us on the upside. >> and -- >> all right. >> thank you. >> i don't know if there is -- that is still there. and go to hollywood. the talk of the town on tmz and this is not much. more depressing, actually. charlie sheen's bizarre reaction from being fired from two 1/2 men. when is he going away. harvey levin joins us live from l.a. and we're glad you're with us. we hear the latest anticks -- antics involve a machete? what is this about? >> he went to live nation yesterday and was playing with a maset hado a bridge, which is
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-- machete on a bridge which is is not illegal. i am changing my mind about. this i think a lot of this is an act. he's an actor and, you know, i think he may be crazy and from drug use, but i think he realizes how this resonated with people and it keeps him relevant. everyone's talking about him. and i think a lot of this is schtick. you don't go from functional the way he was, even when he was addicted or is addicted, you don't go to that to completely crazy this quickly. >> you think it's going to get him anywhere? >> no, i don't. it got him fired from 2 nalmen and -- two and a half men and i don't know can is going to take a chance on him unless they realize it's stable and that is going to be a tall order and i think charlie sheen has real issues he's not dealing with yet. >> and let me ask you quickly, could he still get paid?
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we understand there is a michael j. fox clause here, tell us about that in. >> there is a clause in his contract that michael j. fox had in spin city they saying if he leaves the show and the roll is -- role is recast, he still gets paid for as long as the show is in production. the problem with that charlie has is warner brothers said yes, that is true, we have had clause, but you breached the contract and, therefore, we terminated the contract; therefore, the contract is no longer in effect. warner brothers is saying charlie, you did the damage to yourself. we don't have to honor anything under the contract. it's over. >> i have a feeling this is not the end of it. harvey levine, thank you very much as always. >> i don't think so either. >> we'll see you later. check in with brian with a look at what is next on the news edge at 6. four d.c. police officers now under arrest. following an investigation of stolen merchandise. we broke the news for aught the top of the show and we'll have more details at 6. last night, you heard from
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the secret service agent who was by president ronald reagan's side the day he was shot. tonight, hear from the doctor who helped save his life. how much are you paying for gas? this is cheaper. a national bike summit in town has a message for congress. 
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>> another sign a mortgage meltdown is not over yet. according to core logic, more than 11 million households owed more their mortgages than they were worth the last three months of 2010, translating to 23% of all mortgaged homes and is up more than a half percent for the third quarter. underwater mortgages have fallen the first 9 months of 2010, 5% of home owners are underwater in a healthy housing market. subway took down the golden arches. the chain surpassed mcdonald's for the most stores across the world last year with 34,000.
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that is about 1,000 more than mcdonald's. subway took over the top spot for the most stores in the u.s. in 2002, and mcdonald's is champion still when it comes to revenue, raking in $24 billion for the last fiscal year. thank you for joining us at 5. >> the news edge at 6 starts now. >> udc's president is on the hot seat today at city hall, answering tough questions first exposed in a fox 5 investigation. for the first time, we are hearing now about an estimated $1 million in travel. and that is not just for president allen sessums but his staff. tisha thompson first broke the story on the spending scandal and joins us with more. tish a. >> reporter: it was a rough day for udcs president and his staff. the first time today, we heard about trips to places l

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